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Plain-English references on youth sports team money. Sourced, dated, no fluff.
Youth sports embezzlement: 6 documented cases, none caught early
More than $500,000 across six documented cases, four of them Minnesota youth sports associations. Every one surfaced only when someone else finally looked at the account.
Will you get a 1099-K for collecting team dues on Venmo?
Under current law, probably not: the federal threshold is back to $20,000 and 200 transactions. Here is how the rules actually work for volunteers collecting team money, and what the real risk is.